What are the possible causes of child abuse? pot

Most child-abuse victims seem to be children of parents who are too busy earning a living and do not have much time for their children.. So child-abuse is less likely to occur in a famil

What are the possible causes of child abuse?

What, in your opinion, are the possible causes of child

abuse?

Most child-abuse victims seem to be children of parents

who are too busy earning a living and do not have much

time for their children Also more cases seem to occur in

and around big cities like Kuala Lumpur The rural areas

do not generally have this problem

So child-abuse is less likely to occur in a family where the

parents have stable jobs and can spend time with the

children Children really have only a few basic needs

Besides food, shelter and love and care, they do not need

anything else But if any of these are not given, they may

become very demanding In turn the parents may turn on

them and this can lead to abuse of the children

Any parent who is obsessed with his or her work obviously

has no time for the children By the time he or she returns

from work, all he or she wants is some rest and not for

anyone to bother him or her A child, who has spent the

whole day without the parent, yearns for attention and thus

may demand it from the parent In such a case, which I

suspect, occurs in just about every household, the parent

will have to be very careful not to let his or her temper

loose So in many cases, the parent may pacify the child

with presents or a trip to town to have a drink or a bite to

eat – anything for a bit of peace and quietness

Sometimes however, anger may overwhelm the parent;

and he or she releases violence onto the child If this

becomes habitual, then the child will most likely be

abused

In a modern city like Kuala Lumpur, living is not easy

Most have to struggle to make ends meet So the

demands of work is already enough to fray the nerves of

the parents Further demands from the children at home

might cause a nervous reaction on the part of the parents

Some parents, in order to escape from the demands of the

children, hand them over to child-minders This handling

over of responsibility does not solve the problem All too

often the minders are suffering the same difficulties of

making a living and take on the children to supplement

their income So they are surely not going to be patient

with someone else’s children Child-abuse is the result,

often worse than what the parents can mete out

People living in the country are less prone to child-abuse

simply because they do not have the stress of city-living

They are still closer to nature and this has the effect of

making life easier and simpler Children are less

demanding as there are less things to demand So rarely

we hear of child-abuse in the villages Also neighbors

know each other pretty well and any abuse that is going

on is soon found out In impersonal cities, the abused

victim can get killed and no one might even know

So perhaps we can take a cue from the country folks

Parents will have to reappraise their priorities Is making a

living the only important thing, or is the welfare of their

children of greater importance? Which is more valuable –

money in the bank or children who love them in the home?

They will have to answer these questions themselves